Posted by William F on 10/1/2011, 16:44:31, in reply to "yesterday's TV broadcast"User logged in as William F66.66.206.133

Thanks for the information. So is Georg Friedrich seeing anyone at this time?

--Previous Message-- : : http://www.3sat.de/page/?source=/specials/thementage/ard/150589/index.html: : yesterday the TV station 3sat broadcasted - : within a series about Prussia - a part on : the present members of the Hohenzollern : family: the head of the house, his uncle : Friedrich Wilhelm, the Princesses Felicitas : and Christina of Prussia and Prince Oscar of : Prussia appeared. It was pretty interesting: : : Prince Georg Friedrich comes across as a : VERY grounded, intelligent and charming man, : he looks a wee bit old for his age, but the : his pretty modern in his approach and : combines very much the demands of tradition : and modernity. A very nice sign of this was : hoy he greeted the Princesses - kiss on the : cheeks as a close relative, followed by a : bais main in respect of age and rang. In : short he is a chap one has to like. : : His uncle however is a different story. One : feels how disappointed and bitter he is that : due to his unequal marriages he lost his : place and the position as head of the house. : : Prince Oscar is again a totally different : story -head of the Johanniter he engages : actively in social welfare, a modern man and : very engaging. The Princesses are funny as : they are so different, even tough sisters - : Princess Christina - a very elegant woman : and a bit more conciliatory than her sister. : Princess Felicistas - a wee bit the : "groomy old woman", pretty : opinionated, but funny too. She said she : could have been the head of the house as she : is the eldest granddaughter of the last : Emperor, if her father's marriages would : have been recognized... : : Georg Friedrich indicated that parts of the : house law might be changed. He did not say : anything about marriages, except he would : only marry for love. But I got the : impression that he hopes that marriage and : the house law might not contradict. : Personally I believe an equal marriage would : help him as otherwise all the conflicts : would break out again with full force; after : such a marriage it would be the time to : modernize the house law ... he is : intelligent enough to find the right way. : : : : --Previous Message-- : The courts ruled that the Head of the family : trust is free to select his successor in a : way he sees fit. : : --Previous Message-- : no that is not the ruling. The ruling has : nothing to do at all with the question of : the headship. : : Germany isa republic since 1918 and the : German courts do not deal with such matters : as succession. The popular press turns it : into such a matter. : : It has all to do with the finances and who : gets a share to the assets. : : I believe the girlfriend is Sophie Princess : of Loewenstein. : : --Previous Message-- : I think the ruling was that the head is free : to select his heir, so there is no legal : requirement for GF to marry equal. However : his grandfather selected him as his heir : based on the marriages of his father and : uncles so if he were to change that system : he might be considered a hypocrite. He would : have to resign as head and either let the : headship of the family pass to his father's : younger brother (the next in line with equal : marriages) or to the oldest male line of : Wilhelm II. : But as he is said to date a princess so he : seems to be able to follow his heart and : keep the within the requirements of the will : of Wilhelm II. : : --Previous Message-- : I had read that the original Will : stipulating : that the head of the house must marry : equally was more of a financial arrangement : than designating who the head of the house : is (something the German courts have no : jurisdiction over). Although Georg Friedrich : is recognized as head of the house, I : remember reading that the stipulation that : the inheritor of the estate be married : equally could only be ordered for a few : generations and that Georg Friedrich will be : able to marry whomever he chooses without : violating the Will. I may be wrong but that : is what I remember. : : --Previous Message-- : His entire status as head of the family is : the : result of the equal/acceptable marriage of : his parents and the fact that his father's : elder brother married a commoner so i guess : he needs to marry a woman of royal or noble : descent. : : : --Previous Message-- : The Prussian Royal and Imperial families has : always been one of my favorites to read and : learn about. I haven't heard too much lately : about the head of the house Prince Georg : Friedrich. Does anyone have any current news : or information on him? I thought I remember : hearing he was dating someone that was from : an aristocratic family but I'm not sure : about that. Is he still under pressure to : marry someone of equal or acceptable status? : : : : : : : : : : : : :